Mechanic in coma following GP2 accident (PA SportsTicker)
August 29, 2009
SPA-FRANCORCHAMPS, BELGIUM(AP) —A mechanic is in an induced coma after a pit lane accident before the start of the GP2 race at the Spa-Francorchamps circuit in Belgium.
Vasco Rossi was airlifted to a hospital following the accident before the start of the Formula One feeder series race.
The 57-year-old mechanic for the Trident Racing team was injured when Ricardo Teixeira’s car snagged on a cable going through the pit lane and it caught a wheel gun, which hit Rossi’s head.
GP2 spokeswoman Alexa Quintin said that medical tests had come back “negative” but that Rossi would be in an artificial coma for three days.
Last month, Ferrari driver Felipe Massa was nearly killed in an accident at the Hungarian GP, which came less than a week after Henry Surtees died in an F2 race.
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